Jiguan Township
Jiguan may refer to: *Ancestral home (Chinese) (籍貫) *Jiguan District Jiguan District () is a district and the seat of the city of Jixi, Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Jiguan District is divided into 7 subdistricts and 2 townships. ;7 subdistricts * Xiangyang ...

Ancestral Home (Chinese)
In Chinese culture, hometown or ancestral home () is the place of origin of one's extended family. It may or may not be the place where one is born. For instance, two people may both be born in Shanghai, but the hometowns of their ancestors may be different. Definition A subjective concept, a person's ancestral home could be the birthplace of ''any'' of their patriline ancestors. Su Shi limited it to five generations, i.e. it refers to the home of one's great-great-grandfather. Even more broadly, an ancestral home can refer to the first locality where a surname came to be established or prominent. Commonly, a person usually defines their hometown as what their father considers to be his ancestral home. In practice, most people would define their ancestral homes as the birthplace of their patriline ancestors from the early 20th century, around the time when government authorities began to collect such information from individuals. Moreover, a person's ancestral home can be defi ...
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